Arsenal gave their Champions League hopes a huge boost at the weekend by beating Swansea City. Tottenham's shock defeat at home to Fulham gave Gooners even more reasons to cheer, but the biggest reaction at full time definitely came at Villa Park as Aston Villa saw off QPR in a five-goal thriller.

Elsewhere Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the table to 15 points following their slender 1-0 win over Reading and Man City's defeat at Goodison Park. Southampton joined Fulham in the coupon-buster league by comfortably seeing off Liverpool 3-1 at St Mary's, while Wigan beat Newcastle in a controversial game at the DW.

The weekend also produced one of the dullest games of the season at Stoke as they played out a goalless draw at the Britannia, Chelsea beat West Ham and Norwich and Sunderland shared the spoils at the Stadium of Light.

There were 22 goals, two red cards and plenty of controversy, but who has made it into our Team of the Week? Mitch Waddon reveals his Weekend Wonders.

Goalkeeper: Jan Mucha
(Everton)

Mucha made a fine claim to the number one jersey at Everton
this weekend after keeping a fine clean-sheet in the Toffees 2-0 win over
Manchester City, superbly saving from Tevez and Milner.

Right Back: Sheamus
Coleman (Everton)

Another Everton player in the team of the week! Coleman was
sensational at right-back v Manchester City, bombing forward with pace, as well
as defending strongly to deny City a goal in the match.

Centre Back: Russell
Martin (Norwich City)

Martin provided a brilliant performance against Sunderland
this weekend, neutralising the threat of Sessegnon and Rose with ease.

Centre Back: Rio
Ferdinand (Manchester United)

A classic Rio Ferdinand performance in United’s victory over
Reading. The England defender provided experience that Reading couldn’t get
through.

Centre Back: Brete
Hangeland (Fulham)

Hangeland was fantastic at Tottenham this weekend, leading
an impressive Fulham defensive display in their 1-0 victory at White Hart Lane.

Left Back: Luke Shaw
(Southampton)

Shaw’s attacking prowess from left-back really impressed me
in the Saints’ 3-1 victory over Liverpool. The young defender also dealt with
Downing impressively on the occasions he needed to cover.

Right Midfield: Eden
Hazard (Chelsea)

Hazard rightly was the man of the match against West Ham.
The Belgium midfielder provided the assist for Lampard’s 200th goal
for the Blues before scoring himself a stunning individual goal to wrap up the
three points.

Centre Midfield: Leon
Osman (Everton)

Osman completes a hat-trick of Everton players in our team
of the week, scoring a wonderful strike against Manchester City as well as
captaining the Toffees to a memorable victory.

Centre Midfield: Shaun
Maloney (Wigan Athletic)

The creativity and high tempo of Maloney’s play tore
Newcastle apart at times in Wigan’s 2-1 victory. The Scottish playmaker’s
accurate passing gave the Magpies problems for the entire contest.

Left Midfield: Santi
Cazorla (Arsenal)

This isn’t Cazorla’s first appearance in our team of the
week, and for good reason. The Spanish maestro pulled the strings for Arsenal,
keeping Swansea on their toes.

Striker: Andreas
Weimann (Aston Villa)

A crucial goal and an assist from Weimann was the catalyst
for Aston Villa’s 3-2 victory over QPR. Weimann has become a crucial part of
Villa’s team and his hard work and drive led the side to the win.

Weekend Wonders

Manager of the Week:
David Moyes (Everton)

It would’ve been a tough week at Everton after the 3-0 loss
at home to Wigan in the FA Cup last week, but credit must be given to Moyes for
turning the side around to beat the Premier League Champions 2-0 in a fantastic
display.

In close second was Martin Jol after Fulham's victory at
Tottenham.

Goal of the Week:
Leon Osman (Everton)

What. A. Strike. The ball was passed to Osman who, 25 yards
out from goal, struck it first time. The ball swerved perfectly to the left,
hitting the top corner and giving Everton the lead. It was a simply wonderful
goal that Joe Hart had no hope of saving. Eden Hazard also gets plaudits for
his goal against West Ham.

Howler of the Week:
Refereeing (Everywhere!)

This isn’t the first time I’ve had to dedicate the Howler of
the Week section to the supposed “Premier League” quality referees. I had
considered leaving this area for the McManaman tackle on Heidara in the Wigan v Newcastle match, but the fact that the winger wasn’t even booked for it was
even more ridiculous. Then we look at Everton v Manchester City where a
blatant Fellaini handball inside the box is instead given as a free kick. I
could look at more examples, but these people are supposed to be the highest calibre
of referees we have in England. One transgression could perhaps be forgivable,
but when numerous officials make mistakes in one week something needs to be looked
at.

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Squarefootball's Team of the Week - Week 30

Arsenal gave their Champions League hopes a huge boost at the weekend by beating Swansea City. Tottenham's shock defeat at home to Fulham gave Gooners even more reasons to cheer, but the biggest reaction at full time definitely came at Villa Park as Aston Villa saw off QPR in a five-goal thriller.

Elsewhere Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the table to 15 points following their slender 1-0 win over Reading and Man City's defeat at Goodison Park. Southampton joined Fulham in the coupon-buster league by comfortably seeing off Liverpool 3-1 at St Mary's, while Wigan beat Newcastle in a controversial game at the DW.

The weekend also produced one of the dullest games of the season at Stoke as they played out a goalless draw at the Britannia, Chelsea beat West Ham and Norwich and Sunderland shared the spoils at the Stadium of Light.

There were 22 goals, two red cards and plenty of controversy, but who has made it into our Team of the Week? Mitch Waddon reveals his Weekend Wonders.

Goalkeeper: Jan Mucha
(Everton)

Mucha made a fine claim to the number one jersey at Everton
this weekend after keeping a fine clean-sheet in the Toffees 2-0 win over
Manchester City, superbly saving from Tevez and Milner.

Right Back: Sheamus
Coleman (Everton)

Another Everton player in the team of the week! Coleman was
sensational at right-back v Manchester City, bombing forward with pace, as well
as defending strongly to deny City a goal in the match.

Centre Back: Russell
Martin (Norwich City)

Martin provided a brilliant performance against Sunderland
this weekend, neutralising the threat of Sessegnon and Rose with ease.

Centre Back: Rio
Ferdinand (Manchester United)

A classic Rio Ferdinand performance in United’s victory over
Reading. The England defender provided experience that Reading couldn’t get
through.

Centre Back: Brete
Hangeland (Fulham)

Hangeland was fantastic at Tottenham this weekend, leading
an impressive Fulham defensive display in their 1-0 victory at White Hart Lane.

Left Back: Luke Shaw
(Southampton)

Shaw’s attacking prowess from left-back really impressed me
in the Saints’ 3-1 victory over Liverpool. The young defender also dealt with
Downing impressively on the occasions he needed to cover.

Right Midfield: Eden
Hazard (Chelsea)

Hazard rightly was the man of the match against West Ham.
The Belgium midfielder provided the assist for Lampard’s 200th goal
for the Blues before scoring himself a stunning individual goal to wrap up the
three points.

Centre Midfield: Leon
Osman (Everton)

Osman completes a hat-trick of Everton players in our team
of the week, scoring a wonderful strike against Manchester City as well as
captaining the Toffees to a memorable victory.

Centre Midfield: Shaun
Maloney (Wigan Athletic)

The creativity and high tempo of Maloney’s play tore
Newcastle apart at times in Wigan’s 2-1 victory. The Scottish playmaker’s
accurate passing gave the Magpies problems for the entire contest.

Left Midfield: Santi
Cazorla (Arsenal)

This isn’t Cazorla’s first appearance in our team of the
week, and for good reason. The Spanish maestro pulled the strings for Arsenal,
keeping Swansea on their toes.

Striker: Andreas
Weimann (Aston Villa)

A crucial goal and an assist from Weimann was the catalyst
for Aston Villa’s 3-2 victory over QPR. Weimann has become a crucial part of
Villa’s team and his hard work and drive led the side to the win.

Weekend Wonders

Manager of the Week:
David Moyes (Everton)

It would’ve been a tough week at Everton after the 3-0 loss
at home to Wigan in the FA Cup last week, but credit must be given to Moyes for
turning the side around to beat the Premier League Champions 2-0 in a fantastic
display.

In close second was Martin Jol after Fulham's victory at
Tottenham.

Goal of the Week:
Leon Osman (Everton)

What. A. Strike. The ball was passed to Osman who, 25 yards
out from goal, struck it first time. The ball swerved perfectly to the left,
hitting the top corner and giving Everton the lead. It was a simply wonderful
goal that Joe Hart had no hope of saving. Eden Hazard also gets plaudits for
his goal against West Ham.

Howler of the Week:
Refereeing (Everywhere!)

This isn’t the first time I’ve had to dedicate the Howler of
the Week section to the supposed “Premier League” quality referees. I had
considered leaving this area for the McManaman tackle on Heidara in the Wigan v Newcastle match, but the fact that the winger wasn’t even booked for it was
even more ridiculous. Then we look at Everton v Manchester City where a
blatant Fellaini handball inside the box is instead given as a free kick. I
could look at more examples, but these people are supposed to be the highest calibre
of referees we have in England. One transgression could perhaps be forgivable,
but when numerous officials make mistakes in one week something needs to be looked
at.

Follow Mitch on
Twitter for Football rumours and more ramblings @MitchWaddon

We also have a community on Google+. Come and join us at Squarefootball and get involved!